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Law Fellow Reestablishes Medical-Legal Partnerships in Western Minnesota
Business & LawMedical-legal partnerships to serve low-income clients and improve the overall quality of life in underserved communities began in the early 1990s based on the idea that there is a correlation between health care and legal services. A health issue, like a respiratory condition, for example, can be a legal issue if a landlord refuses to…
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Q&A With School of Law Alumna Kate Hibbard '06 J.D.
Business & LawKate Hibbard is the group lead lawyer for aqua nutrition and health technologies at Cargill, a Minnesota-based global food corporation and the largest privately held company in the United States. The Newsroom recently caught up with Hibbard to learn about her career journey after law school and her work at Cargill. And, frankly, it is… -
Outside Consultant: Do I Have to Search My Trademark Before I Use It?
Outside ConsultantThis "Outside Consultant" column by Bradley Walz '01, '04 J.D., head of the St. Thomas law school Trademark Clinic, ran in the Star Tribune on Dec. 6, 2021. In selecting a trademark, a newcomer has the opportunity to avoid confusion and the law charges the newcomer with the obligation to do so. In determining if a likelihood of confusion… -
An Entrepreneurial Actuary: Maria Bell '22
Business & LawEditor's note: Opus College of Business is highlighting Schulze Innovation Scholars, recipients of a four-year, full-tuition scholarship and participants in a premier academic program. Read the rest of the profiles. Maria Bell '22 plans to apply her entrepreneurial problem-solving skills as an actuary in the corporate environment after college. How did you decide on your double… -
Outside Consultant: How Should I Lead My Team When Our Project Isn’t Successful?
Outside ConsultantThis "Outside Consultant" column by AnnMarie Thomas, professor of entrepreneurship and engineering, ran in the Star Tribune on Nov. 29, 2021. I have never met a successful person who doesn’t have at least one story of a project that went spectacularly awry. Whether it is an underwater robot that dove into an ocean and never returned,… -
Tommie Experts: On Trials, Vigilantes and Citizen's Arrests
Business & LawDr. Yohuru Williams, founding director of the Racial Justice Initiative at the University of St. Thomas, discussed recent court trials in a panel discussion he moderated between two of the university’s School of Law professors, Rachel Moran and Mark Osler, both former prosecutors. They examined what was at the root of the killings of George… -
Jonathan Wolf '11 J.D. Honored With Prestigious Sandra Day O’Connor Award for Service
Business & LawLaw school alumnus Jonathan Wolf '11 J.D. has been chosen by the American Inns of Court to receive its 2021 Sandra Day O’Connor Award for Professional Service. This prestigious, national award is given each year to an Inns of Court member who has been in practice for less than 10 years to recognize excellence in… -
Outside Consultant: How Can We Best Collaborate in the Workplace?
Outside ConsultantThis "Outside Consultant" column by Marcella de la Torre, EdD, a faculty member in the Opus College of Business, ran in the Star Tribune on Nov. 22. Collaboration is a win-win, whether you are a business owner, consultant, educator or nonprofit leader. Our natural tendency is to become siloed when we are facing tough decisions, adverse or unforeseen… -
Tommie Experts: Using AI to Fight Human Bias at Work
Business & LawEditor's note: This piece originally ran on Medium and has been republished with permission. Liz Melton is a Stanford alumna interested in AI, product-led growth and corporate social responsibility. Grant Riewe is on faculty at the University of St. Thomas Opus College of Business. Artificial intelligence has emerged as the focus of most new technological… -
In the News: University of St. Thomas Schulze School of Entrepreneurship Ranked in Top 25
Business & LawThe University of St. Thomas Schulze School of Entrepreneurship was recently profiled by the Twin Cities’ Fox 9 News in a story about how the Schulze School received a new ranking by the Princeton Review that lists the school as the 23rd best entrepreneur program in the nation. “So, we’re in the top 25, finally.…